Beginning his 10th period this autumn, Jose Guajardo will certainly be taking control of the head training obligations for the Pleasanton Girl Eagles basketball group when the 2023-2024 season tips off. The San Antonio native has been with Pleasanton all ten years of his career and aims to keep dedicating himself to the area he's called house the last years.

"It's an excellent area, I like the city right here,"claimed Guajardo. "The parents are great. The children are terrific. All my kids are hard workers. It implies a lot being able to train over here because this is the institution that really provided me my initial possibility to instructor at a high school level."

The news came Friday afternoon from Pleasanton Athletic Director Tab Dumont. Before coaching at Pleasanton Senior high school, Guajardo started his career as a student teacher at Edison High school before being hired at Pleasanton Middle school, where he spent two years.

"Jose has actually been a dedicated assistant trainer for the college area for years,"said Dumont. "He has actually done a wonderful task coaching as well as leading our kids. I have the utmost confidence in his capability to lead our ladies basketball program. Please welcome him into the head coaching position and also be there for him! We are all favoring you and also looking forward to you leading our girls basketball program."

Guajardo will be taking over for head train Daryl Rentfro, who has invested seven periods with the program. Rentfro stepped down to have a more flexible timetable following his wife's acceptance into graduate school.

"So thrilled for him,"claimed Rentfro. "Coach Guajardo has been my right-hand man for seven periods on the bench as well as has been a valuable source for us. He brings a lot energy, drive and also understanding to the program and always keeps an eye out for his professional athletes. I look forward to seeing him take the program to brand-new elevations. The program is in great hands."

Birthed and elevated in San Antonio, Guajardo graduated from Lanier High School where he played basketball and located passion with the sport that has instructed him numerous life lessons.

"Originating from the neighborhood I was increased in, basketball was sort of a savior for me,"said Guajardo. "I came from a community where a great deal of children encountered problem, so basketball was kind of a different electrical outlet for me as well as not just for me, but various other youngsters as well as various other kids that I graduated with. I want that to be there for our girls, whether it be basketball or another thing."

Numerous paved the way for Guajardo's training trip. A single person specifically was his father, Arturo Guajardo, who invested his time as a coach for much of Jose's childhood years and presented him to the sporting activity. Right after, he chose he wished to comply with in his papa's footprints.

"I was a youngster that was playing on the side as well as firing around on the side while he coached. So he was really the one that obtained me interested in it. He would practice with me constantly and also he's the one that really type of led the way for me to play as well as coach basketball."